§ Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will state the total number of non-industrial civil servants as at 1st March, 1969, showing separately the total cost of their salaries in the current year and the corresponding figures for the year 1964–65.
§ Mrs. HartThe figure for 1st March, 1969, is not yet available. The latest figure, for 1st February, is 470,300.
In terms of annual Estimates the costs requests are:
Wages and Salaries of civil servants (excluding Post Office and locally engaged staff) 1964–65 1968–69 £444.9m. £599.2m.